One ordinary summer night, August 31, to be precise, Cuthbert saw angels descend from the heavens, receiving a bright soul. The next day he learned of the passing of St. Aiden, Bishop of Lindisfarne and reasoned it was his spirit he saw being carried away to heaven. Within the next year, Cuthbert became a novice monk at Melrose Abbey, impressing everyone with his joyful demeanor and natural humility…
By T.K. Wilson
But there was a need in Ireland. With so few available priests, the Irish people had little access to the sacraments. In order to fill this gap, St. Gerald was made a bishop to ordain more priests and get the sacraments to more people…
By Ian Wilson
The cold has gotten old without Christmas trees
And little lights in all their vestmental tints
No longer counterpoint the dark northern breeze…
By Lawrence, “Mack in Texas” Hall
I will start by saying the Beast is not a monster; the Beast is you and I…
By Ian Wilson
Venerated for his personal holiness and artistic devotion to the church, St. Bilfrid of Lindisfarne was a man of great dedication and talent. He was a man that those of us who engage in artistic endeavors can emulate…
By Lyn Wilson
By Lyn Wilson … St. Herculanus, whose feast days are both November 7 and March 1, is Patron Saint of Perugia, Italy. His life story is a fact decorated by a bit of fantasy. He was said to have been sent to Perugia from Syria to evangelize sometime in the earlier half of the 6th century.
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The epistemology of epistemology
Folds back on itself with a supplemental twist…
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall
I’m gonna come right out and say it: no, Gaston is not the hero of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and making him into one misunderstands the plot and cheapens true masculinity…
By Ian Wilson
From childhood she was interested in caring for the poor – one of her brothers related in a letter how she wanted to change a dollar for pennies to give to beggars. She also trained herself to avoid the luxurious living of her family – once at the age of twelve she slept on a marble seat as a self-imposed penance for thinking too much about her comfortable hotel bed…
By Sarah Losordo
It’s a tall order to make a list of the greatest Kids TV. We’ve had kids-specific television since the 1950s, after all, and it’s hard to narrow such a large span of time down to a few paragraphs…
– By T.K. Wilson
Fiction, you see, is not entirely “fake”. It deals with truth through a narrative format. It is the most effective, most subversive form of propaganda…
– By Ian Wilson
From his cell, Wulfric dispensed wisdom and healing to all who came to him. He lived a simple life of penance and fasting to atone for his previous life of self-indulgence, and even influenced the court of the king.
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They listened to the waters and the winds
One more lesson from the river, the eternal flow
As the first pastor and founding member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Reverend Jones held an important position in the history of the Church in America…
By Ian Wilson
The paling sun drops coldly in the west –
False spring in its own turn now takes a rest
We did meet again, and we did smile
And so, just so, we all will meet again…
By Lawrence Hall
Join us as we explore Marriage and the Family with a focus on Holy Matrimony, the original building block of society! We’ve got poetry, a new contributor to Controversy Corner, articles about preparing for marriage and fictional marriages, and more!
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Pale shadows and seasons and leaves drift by
The slanting sun of February falls…
By Lawrence Hall
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Names have not been restored, as Aslan says / Some are pleased to call this Ground-Hog Day / Although there are no ground hogs here / But the Presentation is everywhere and forever
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